Virtu Ferries – Marine Evacuation System Drill – 18.01.2025

Around 1030 hrs of Saturday 18th January, 2025 the Virtu Ferries Incat built High Speed Craft (HSC) SAINT JOHN PAUL II started a Marine Evacuation System (MES) emergency drill that was due to be done on Friday 17th but due to ESE Force 7 wind, it had to be postponed. The marine evacuation system (MES) is […]
Tanker News – 2 Turkish Tankers performing STS’s at Malta – December 2024

During the end of December 2024 two Turkish tankers were seen at Grand Harbour, Malta performing ship to ship (sts) operations at the Tank Cleaning Farm (TCF), Ricasoli jetty. The first one was the Turkish built and owned 130 m chemical/oil tanker SARAJEVO that berthed starboard side alongside with Falzon Marine tanker SANTA LUCIA alongside […]
Bunkering – 2008 built General Cargo Ship BLUE ANTARES at Malta – 18.01.2025

One of the Indian built ships trading around the world is the 2008 built ship BLUE ANTARES who called at Grand Harbour, Malta on Saturday 18th January, 2025 passing breakwaters at 0943 hrs and berthed at Magazine Wharf. She was built at Chowgule & Co Pvt Ltd at Goa, India with Hull no 175. Homeported […]
Yacht Transport – EEMSLIFT HENDRIKA discharging 19.5m Patrol Craft at Malta – 17.01.2025

On Friday 17th January, 2025 the 2015 Dutch built and owned multi purpose (MPP) ship – EEMSLIFT HENDRIKA passed breakwaters at 0341 hrs assisted by 2 tugs, coming from Nice, France berthing Port Side alongside DWQ 2. With strong SE Force 7 winds in force the vessel’s captain together with StarClass Yacht Transport Personnel were […]
ConRo News – Danish built GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI joins STENA – January 2025

Stena RoRo has welcomed a new chartered ship to her fleet which is the CLdN owned GIUSEPPE LUCCHESI, which was renamed as STENA SHIPPER and will fly under the Danish Flag. The ship has been the subject of a sale and purchase operation, in fact it was purchased by Tirrenia CIN and immediately resold to […]
Cars Transhipment – HOEGH DETROIT and SEA CARYATIS – December 2024

The last Car Transhipment for 2024 was completed on Tuesday 31st December when the 1999 built roro ship SEA CARYATIS left Grand Harbour, Malta. First to enter was the 2006 South Korean built vehicle carrier HOEGH DETROIT with 1, 378 Car Equivalent Unit (CEU) discharging them at Valletta Gateway Terminal (VGT) Facilities And on Monday […]
Renaming – EUROCARGO CATANIA to LISTA – January, 2025

One of the Danish built ro/ro ships trading around – EUROCARGO CATANIA was sold during January 2025 and renamed as LISTA. She was built at Odense Steel Shipyard, Denmark as STRAIT OF MAGELLAN in 2011 with yard number 233 as one from Eight Sisters with 3,663 lane metres roll on/roll off (roro) Despite the fact […]
Palumbo Malta Shipyard – LPG Gas Carrier LEKVAR from 17.12 to 26.12.2024

One of the Chinese built gas carriers trading worldwide is the LPG Gas Carrier LEKVAR that entered Grand Harbour, Malta for the first time on Tuesday 17th December, 2024 at 1521 hrs. Assisted by a tug she proceeded to Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd berthing at Parlatorio Wharf. More images can be found here – https://maltashipphotos.com/photo/lekvar-17-12-2024/ […]
Malta Naval Visits – December 2024

Tuesday 3rd December . The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Dock Landing Ship RFA MOUNTS BAY L 3008 left Valletta passed breakwaters at 1422 hrs assisted by 2 tugs from her berth at Pinto 1 and 2 wharves. (On another note she arrived home on Wednesday 18th December after she stopped at HMNB Gibraltar for few days) […]
Welcome to 2025

Overall 2024 was a good year……..it was a year of adjustments, changes, adaptation, completed the large process of never ending digitalising from slides/negatives with filing in our archives and officially opened another office with great team in Sicily. Apart from adding more Logos to our site both locally and worldwide including Non Shipping stuff such […]